Hexagram 35: Progress → Hexagram 8: Holding Together

Progress
Fire / Earth
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WaterThe Clinging → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth Earth

Yilin Verse

黍稷禾稻,垂秀方造,中旱不雨,傷風病藁。

Millet, grain, rice, and paddy; tassels hang, about to ripen. Midseason drought, no rain; the wind wounds, the stalks wither.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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